President Donald Trump admitted Tuesday that he has not read the classified documents related to the Russia investigation that he ordered to be released to the public. "I have had many people ask me to release them," Trump said.

While the Trump campaign sought to distance itself from Carter Page after he drew scrutiny, the former adviser testified to the House Intelligence Committee last year that he had several contacts with people linked to Russia, at times with the campaign's knowledge.

Carter Page, a former investment banker and foreign policy adviser for the Trump campaign, is at the center of a partisan fight over documents showing FBI applications to surveil him in order to investigate whether he was working with Russia to meddle in the 2016 presidential election.